Nana Akomea’s proposition raises a difficult scenario because he failed to SPECIFY who should be the Presidential candidate and Vice-Presidential candidate respectively. First of all, it would be an insult to the Non-Akans in NPP and across Ghana for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to accept to partner anyone as the Vice-Presidential […]
Children living in conflict zones are highly vulnerable due to many factors and are too often forcibly recruited as soldiers. These children often spend years immersed in systems of violence, building their values and identities under the direction of armed groups. They are used as vectors of violence and terrorism […]
Communion, which is the taking of leavened bread and wine symbolizes the body and blood of Jesus Christ as directed by Him during His last supper with His disciples and the practice has lived with the Christendom, especially the orthodox church till date and it is done every month. But […]
Last week the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori Atta, visited the various container storage facilities in Tema to have a first have information about business activities there and discuss how best tax leakages could be blocked in a bid to increase revenue collection for the state The Minister of Finance, […]
For over 65 years, countries in Africa have strived and succeeded in attaining political Independence than financial independence. Interestingly, these countries in Africa seem to love and boast of their political independence than striving for financial and economic independence and still print their currencies in Europe and North America. So […]
– Razak Kojo Opoku Writes Prior to the 2016 general elections, the then-candidate Akufo-Addo made a popular statement that “Yete Sika So Nanso Ekom De Yen” to describe the worst state of the Ghanaian economy under the incompetent leadership of John Mahama. That statement is still valid today and ignorantly […]
In recent times, many people including the President, my Boss, Hon. Ing. Yaw Osafo-Maafo as well as Tobge Afedi XIV have complained about high lending rates by our commercial banks despite the continues trending down of the Bank of Ghana (BOG) prime rates from a high of 25.5% by end […]
He inherited almost nothing in the national coffers yet managed to raise revenue strategically to clean the messy situations he came to meet as the Finance Minister in 2017. 1. His predecessors took Ghana to IMF but Ken Ofori-Atta brought Ghana out of IMF. 2. His predecessor cancelled allowances for […]
African Development Bank(AfDB) Approves Sustainable Borrowing Policy to Tackle Post COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic has placed a further strain on governments finances. *The situation worsened due to unprecedented easing of fiscal and monetary policy adopted by Countries to cushion the socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic*. The African Development Bank(AfDB) estimates […]
Can Prof. Kwesi Botchwey and his economic students explain to Ghanaians why these programmes of World Bank and IMF FAILED to transform the Ghanaian economy under PNDC/NDC: 1. Structural Adjustment Programme(SAP) 2. Economic Recovery Programme(ERP) 3. Programme of Actions to Mitigate the Social Costs of Adjustment (PAMSCAD) 4. $1 billion […]
